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Ken Bloom

During November 2025, Kevin Bloom contributed to the musescore/MuseScore repository by addressing cross-desktop stability and maintainability challenges in the application’s Linux UI. He resolved a keyboard input issue affecting spin boxes under KDE Plasma on XWayland, restoring expected behavior across major Linux distributions. Additionally, Kevin refactored the PopupView component by centralizing window flag logic into a dedicated function, which improved code organization and ensured consistent window behavior across desktop environments. His work, implemented in C++ using the Qt framework, demonstrated a strong understanding of cross-platform development and contributed to a more reliable and maintainable user experience for Linux users.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

50%Features

Repository Contributions

2Total
Bugs
1
Commits
2
Features
1
Lines of code
60
Activity Months1

Work History

November 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 (musescore/MuseScore): Delivered two high-impact improvements focused on cross-desktop stability and maintainability. Implemented a bug fix for keyboard input in spin boxes under KDE Plasma on XWayland, and centralized PopupView window flag logic to improve consistency across desktop environments. These changes reduce support issues, improve user experience for Linux users, and simplify future development.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture90.0%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C++

Technical Skills

C++ developmentCross-Platform DevelopmentLinux DevelopmentQt frameworkUI DevelopmentUI development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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musescore/MuseScore

Nov 2025 Nov 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

C++

Technical Skills

C++ developmentCross-Platform DevelopmentLinux DevelopmentQt frameworkUI DevelopmentUI development